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Principal People Partner

United States - New York, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 29 May 2025

💰 $200,000/yr($180,000/yr – $200,000/yr)

About the role

About the role:

At Forter, we believe that our people are our greatest asset. Our mission is to build a high-performing, inclusive, and growth-driven environment where top talent thrives. As we continue to scale, we are looking for a Principal People Partner (HRBP) to join our team and help shape the future of our Go-to-Market organizations.

As a Principal People Partner, you will serve as a strategic leader within the HR function, collaborating closely with our executive team and senior leaders to drive Forter’s people strategy for the Go-to-Market organizations. You will play a pivotal role in organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and culture-building, ensuring we have the right talent, structure, and capabilities to scale with agility. You will champion our People & Team Operating Principles—fostering collaboration, lifting others up, and driving accountability.

This position will be located in NY and follow a hybrid model.

What you’ll be doing:

Serve as a key strategic partner to our executive GTM leaders,, shaping and executing a long-term people strategy aligned with business goals.
Provide high-level consultation on complex organizational challenges, including workforce planning, culture transformation, and leadership effectiveness.
Own and lead cross-functional HR initiatives that drive business outcomes, shaping policies, programs, and systems for the future.
Design and implement organizational structures that enable agility, efficiency, and high performance.
Develop and drive enterprise-wide talent strategies, ensuring the right people are in the right roles at the right time.
Leverage data and analytics to identify trends, forecast talent needs, and drive evidence-based decision-making.
Lead change management efforts, ensuring teams can adapt and excel in a rapidly evolving environment.
Champion culture and engagement, ensuring Forter’s values and operating principles are embedded across the organization.

What you’ll need:

12+ years of HRBP experience, with a track record of influencing C-Level leaders and driving business impact.
Deep expertise in organizational design, talent strategy, and leadership development.
Strong business acumen, with the ability to translate business objectives into effective people strategies.
A data-driven mindset, with the ability to interpret analytics and use insights to shape decision-making.
A strategic and proactive approach to navigating and leading change in high-growth environments.
A solutions-oriented mindset, driving action and measurable impact.
Strong coaching and influencing skills, with the ability to mentor and develop senior HR leaders.
Exceptional relationship-building abilities, fostering trust across all levels of the organization.

About us:

Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.

The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.

Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including: